the latest opera has caused 1 >> 2 problems here
(had to post from Firefox...) details below
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problem 1 )) the prior version shows the link hovering
when the mouse is over a link, showing what the site
would be when the link is clicked. GONE. slows browsing
down considerably. An extensive google search failed
to resolve ( due to my lack of expertise on what that
propery of html is called (maybe) )
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problem 2) I attempted to fix that with various preferences without
success. Suddenly, all the BLUE is gone in daemonforums
and links do not work (like , I could no click on "forum tools"
; it had no effect; so I had to log on with Firefox.
... do not know if that would be fixed with a reinstall or not or
what caused it. ANYONE KNOW?
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this is the first site I've used after attempting to fix the first
problem above so I do not yet know how many sites are affected
by the latter problem.

the latest opera has caused 1 >> 2 problems here
(had to post from Firefox...) details below
..................
problem 1 )) the prior version shows the link hovering
when the mouse is over a link, showing what the site
would be when the link is clicked. GONE. slows browsing
down considerably. An extensive google search failed
to resolve ( due to my lack of expertise on what that
propery of html is called (maybe) )

Thanks. Your suggestion I did not try because:
upon reboot/reload of Opera, the "target link"
shows not hovering, but just as well, in the
toolbar at the bottom of the page ( the one
that shows the current zoom level of the page).
(whatever it is called).
So all problems seem FIXED for now afaik.
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WHATEVER that toolbar-at-the-bottom is called,
the hovering summary of posts (before clicking the link)
is one-long-line-upon-it, in addition to the
floating box at the post itself (in one forum at least)
making it A WHOOOOOOLE LOT easier to read
and comprehend...
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